When a woman or man is being beaten up, raped and humiliated by a partner many people do not react or even worse participate in the abuse by befriending the perpetrator.
When a woman or man escapes an abuser and has to deal with harassment, death threats and constant fear she/he is being labelled as paranoid. Police officers can also tell her that it is a matter of: he says/ she says!!!
But, when a woman breaks free from an abusive relationship by killing, she crossed the line and is a paria, a criminal because she did not die in the hands of a furious beast. (The Women Who Killed Their Abusers & Their Fight For Justice – www.youtube.com, n.d.)
I wonder if society still expects women to put up with it. as if being insulted, rapped, taking for granted, humiliated, manipulated, isolated, lied to and sequestrated is not enough, as a domestic violence survivor you are silenced.
For men the sentence is to be castrated, metaphorically and condemned for not having a “Man up” bravado!!!
Domestic abusers kill women, men and children as well as any person coming in the way of the abuser and his/her victims.
The saddest part to me is the fact that there is a ” Higher proportions of black and minority ethnic women suffer domestic abuse but “face racism from public agencies.” (The Independent, 2020)
My question is when is racism going to stop?
Frederique
Reference
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The Independent. (2020). Higher proportions of black and minority ethnic women suffer domestic abuse but “face racism from public agencies.” [online] Available at: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/domestic-abuse-bame-women-services-a9586111.html [Accessed 18 Apr. 2021].
www.youtube.com. (n.d.). The Women Who Killed Their Abusers & Their Fight For Justice (Crime Documentary) | Our Life. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IoC1xEHcGQ [Accessed 18 Apr. 2021].